Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years with Monkeypox — United States, May 17–September 24, 2022
Hennessee I, Shelus V, McArdle C, Wolf M, Schatzman S, Carpenter A, Minhaj F, Petras J, Cash-Goldwasser S, Maloney M, Sosa L, Jones S, Mangla A, Harold R, Beverley J, Saunders K, Adams J, Stanek D, Feldpausch A, Pavlick J, Cahill M, O’Dell V, Kim M, Alarcón J, Finn L, Goss M, Duwell M, Crum D, Williams T, Hansen K, Heddy M, Mallory K, McDermott D, Cuadera M, Adler E, Lee E, Shinall A, Thomas C, Ricketts E, Koonce T, Rynk D, Cogswell K, McLafferty M, Perella D, Stockdale C, Dell B, Roskosky M, White S, Davis K, Milleron R, Mackey S, Barringer L, Bruce H, Barrett D, D’Angeli M, Kocharian A, Klos R, Dawson P, Ellington S, Mayer O, Godfred-Cato S, Labuda S, McCormick D, McCollum A, Rao A, Salzer J, Kimball A, Gold J, Group C, Group C, Group C, Berumen R, Cosentino G, Getabecha S, Glaser C, Grosgebauer K, Harriman K, Haw M, Kamali A, Kath C, Kim E, Lewis L, Sachdev D, Salas M, Stainken C, Wadford D, Peters P, Vaidya A, Group C, Adkins S, Baird ;, Barrios L, Beeson A, Blackburn D, Borah B, Click E, Davidson W, Galang R, Hufstetler K, Hutchins H, Kourtis A, Miller M, Morris S, Olsen E, Roth N, Sims E, Chatham-Stephens K. Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years with Monkeypox — United States, May 17–September 24, 2022. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2022, 71: 1407-1411. PMID: 36331124, PMCID: PMC9639439, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7144a4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMale-to-male sexual contactPublic health priorityLt;18 yearsJurisdictional health departmentsSkin-to-skin contactChildren aged 0Adolescents aged <Intensive care unit (ICU)-level careUnited StatesHealth priorityNon-HispanicHealth departmentsPrevention informationMonkeypox virusAged 0Prevent additional infectionsRisk factorsCareAdolescentsClinical featuresMonkeypox vaccineChildrenLt;18Monkeypox casesSexual contactSARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant Transmission Within Households — Four U.S. Jurisdictions, November 2021–February 2022
Baker J, Nakayama J, O’Hegarty M, McGowan A, Teran R, Bart S, Mosack K, Roberts N, Campos B, Paegle A, McGee J, Herrera R, English K, Barrios C, Davis A, Roloff C, Sosa L, Brockmeyer J, Page L, Bauer A, Weiner J, Khubbar M, Bhattacharyya S, Kirking H, Tate J. SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant Transmission Within Households — Four U.S. Jurisdictions, November 2021–February 2022. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2022, 71: 341-346. PMID: 35238860, PMCID: PMC8893332, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7109e1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHousehold contactsIndex patientCOVID-19 primary seriesSARS-CoV-2Prevention strategiesCOVID-19 booster doseEffectiveness of prevention strategiesBooster dosePrimary seriesOmicron infectionPatientsOmicron transmissionHousehold transmissionVariant transmissionInfected personsHousehold settingsCOVID-19Cases of COVID-19InfectionOmicron